Let's learn some building blocks!
Put your other projects and concerns aside. Take a breath and relax. Here are some fun resources for you to explore.
Read all the readings and perform all the exercises.
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Reading:
logcrate API. The original Rust logging crate. Just read the crate-level documentation (the front page). You may need to click little[+]or[-]buttons to make the crate docs visible. This will give you an idea about how logging works in Rust. -
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slogcrate API. Another popular logging crate, designed for "structured logging". Again, just read the crate-level docs, to compare tolog. You might also want to look at "Introduction to structured logging with slog". -
Reading: Benefits of Structured Logging vs basic logging. A StackOverflow discussion about the differences between traditional, text-oriented, line logging and structured logging.
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Reading: Redis Protocol specification. The protocol spec for Redis, an in-memory key-value store. Think about what their design priorities were. When reading this it also helps to have the Redis commands on hand.
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Exercise: Write a Redis ping-pong client and server using
std::io. Write a simple client and server that speaks the Redis protocol, with the client issuing PING commands and the server responding appropriately. Use thestd::ioAPIs to read and write bytes directly. Does your client work with an actual Redis server? -
Exercise: Write a Redis ping-pong client and server with serialized messages. Same as above, but this time define the protocol with types and write a
serdedata format to indirectly read and write messages through serialization. -
Reading: Statistically Rigorous Java Performance Evaluation. Although it is specifically about Java, and discusses topics relevant to garbage-collected languages, it is a good example of the kind of thinking necessary to create effective benchmarks.